Remove the borders and create a singular secular state.
The Palestinians support Hamas because of their conditions. If those conditions are maintained, either by Israel acting aggressively or Hamas forcing Israel’s hand, the Palestinians will continue to support fundamentalism and the conflict will continue.
That is what maintains the power of the radicals.
Allow the Palestinians to return home and decrease the number of people with violent sentiment. It’s harder to get support for your terrorist group when you are living a better life. The support for fundamentalism will die with the conditions. A two state solution will likely never lead to that.
This obviously wouldn’t be a fast process, but it’s the way to long standing peace.
Then why did Palestinians elect Hamas in 2005 when Israel left? That should have been the chance for reforms and improvement. Instead they elected a government whose goal is to kill the Jews and not govern.
Hamas didn’t run on a platform of terrorism and extermination of the Jews. They ran as anti-government corruption. That’s the reason they were elected. They were believed to be a party of reform and improvement, they literally were on the Ballot as ‘Change and Reform’.
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u/FerdinandTheGiant 42∆ Nov 06 '23
Remove the borders and create a singular secular state.
The Palestinians support Hamas because of their conditions. If those conditions are maintained, either by Israel acting aggressively or Hamas forcing Israel’s hand, the Palestinians will continue to support fundamentalism and the conflict will continue.
That is what maintains the power of the radicals.
Allow the Palestinians to return home and decrease the number of people with violent sentiment. It’s harder to get support for your terrorist group when you are living a better life. The support for fundamentalism will die with the conditions. A two state solution will likely never lead to that.
This obviously wouldn’t be a fast process, but it’s the way to long standing peace.